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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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